Folding box



E. A LocKE, JR

FOLDING BOX April 28, 1936. Y

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` ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 28, 1936 UNITED STATES Edwin A. Looko, Jr., Quincy, Moss., mignon to Nevins-Church Press, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application August 15, 1935, Serial No. 36,405

3 Claims.

This invention relates to folding boxes and particularly to an improved boxwadapted to receive tooth-brushes and especially a tooth-brush constructed to clean removable bridges and dental plates, an object being to provide aconstruction which is simple and inexpensive and yet one which' presents a strong .box structure when assembled. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide a one-piece folding box structure having not only a bottom, sides, and ends, but a retaining loop integral with one of the sides.

A further object.' more specically, is to provide a folding box structure wherein there is a double thickness at the bottom, sides, and ends with the endvstructure arranged to tie the two side members together.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a top plan-viewof a folding box with one end .disassembled and with a brush shown in position in dot-and-dash lines;

c Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Figfl on the line 2-2, the same being on an enlarged scale;

line 3 3, the same being on an enlarged scale; Fig. 4 is a plan view of ablank, the same being on a reduced scale' to the showing in Fig. 1.I

Referring to the accompanyingdrawing by numerals, I indicates a blank which is shown spread out in Fig. 4, from which it will be seen that it is formed of one integral piece. It will be understood that the blank may be stamped from any desiredquality of paper, cardboard, or the like, and then folded and assembled as illustrated in Fig. 1. It will be observed from Fig. 4 that the blank is weakened or creased along lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and l, said lines all being parallel. Between lines 2 and 3 the material B forms one of the outer walls and adjacent thereto the material 9 between lines 3 and 4 forming the inner wall upon one side of the box. The material 9 has extensions I0 and II which are creased at I2 and I3. The portions I4 Y and I 5 of the extensions form the ends of the box, while the portions ls and n form the tabs which lock the ends in place. The material I8 between lines 5 and 6 form the other outside wall, namely, the outside wall of the side I9, and the material 29 forms the inside wall ofthe side I9. The walls 8 and 9 form the side .2| as shown in Fig. 1f The section or material 22 forms the insi'dcbottom member, while the material 23 forms the outside bottom member. The extensions 24 Fig. 3 is a sectional view through Fig. 1 on the It will be noted that the section 22 is provided with a notch 26, said notch accommodating the retaining loop 21, which retaining loop is stamped from the section 8 and an auxiliary section 8'. The loop 21 is merely part of the material cut 5 along lines 28 and 29 and .creased along line 30, so that the portion 3| forms the top of'the loop and when the blank has been formed as shown in Fig. 4, the 'sections 8 and 8 are swung over the section 9 and bottom section 23 as a single unit on 10 the crease line 3 which acts in a certain sense as a hinge. The sections`20 and 22 'are then swung over section I8 andv bottom. 23 using the crease line 6 as a hinge. Section.22 will overlap vsection 8 completely and the loop 2| will project l5 into notch 26. 'I'he-sides I9 and 20 are then swung up to a position at right angles to the bottom 23 'and then, the respective ends 24 and `25 are swung up to a righteangular position and the end members I4 and I5 swung over most of the 20 outside surface of end members 24'and 25, after which the tabs I6 and I1 are inserted into the respective sides I9 and 2l. It will thus be seen that\tle two sides and two ends are of double thiokn se and that the bottom of che box is of 2" .double thickness except at 'the location of the section 8' where it is of three thicknesses (Figs. Y 2 and 3). w

When the side 2| is swung up as Just iescrlbed, the pocket 2.1 will automatically take position as 3 shown in Figs. 1 and Zand is therefore ready for the reception of an article, as, for instance, a safety razornthe handle 32 of a tooth brush, or various other articles, thus holding the article in 35 position so as to enable-wrapping o1' the whole package with cellophane or some suitable transparent closure by machine or hand-wrapping, to keep the brush or other article in good sanitary condition, and, at the same timeto permit the ready observance thereof whenever desired.`

Preferably one `oi. the ends of the box is disassembled when a brush is to be inserted, as shown in Fig. 1, and after the brush is in position the end is assembled so that it will appear 4 as yshown at the right in Fig. 1.

I claim: f e

1. A folding'box formedfrom a single blank folded to produce a bottom, two sides, and two ends, said blank having a notched portion at one edge and a pair of slits adjacent the opposite edge, the material between said slits being creased transversely oi. the slits with the parts so .pro- 1 portioned as to form a loop having one wall parallel to the respective sides of the assembled box and one wall parallel to the bott-nm of the aswalls inwardly. 2. In a folding box, a blank composed of one Y 2 sembled box, saidloop projecting from one of said piece integral throughout and formed with inner and outer bottom sections, a pair i' inner and outer side wall sections, one of said. wallsections having a pair of spaced parallel slits with a crease connecting the slits intermediate the ends thereof so that when the wall section is assembled the material between said slits will automatically form with the remaining part of the wall a loop to present an article-receiving pocket, an extension on one oi said inner wall sections positioned' to extend between said bottom sections when the blank has been assembled, a pair of end iiaps arranged on one of said bottom sections, and a pair o faosass` ctx oppositely extending extensions projecting from one of said inner wall sections, said extensions beins divided into end members and locking tabs.

a. A folding box Vfemmes from a blank folded to produce a bottom, two sides and .two ends, said blank having a pair oi' slits adjacent one edge, the

material between said slits being creased transverseiy of the slits with the parts so proportioned 

